Mya woke up when she felt strong shaking all over the ce. "Stop! I''m not sleeping!" She said out loud. The next thing she realized was that she was still on the boat.


    "We''re finally here." She looked up to see the white-cloaked man speaking up to her. The white-cloaked man did not speak anything and patiently waited for the two to say or move. Mya had finally regained her senses as she observed her surroundings once more.


    "Ah, I see." She said as she looked back at the ferryman. "Then what exactly is the "here" you mentioned?" Wherever Mya looked around she could only see the endless darkness looming everywhere.


    "Let''s go." She was startled when Kayden spoke all of the sudden beside her. She just remembered that she was with him all this time.


    "Go where?" She looked confused at Kayden as thetter one stood up and got out of the boat. ''He was the first one distrustful to follow that whitedy ande in this unknown ce. Why is he the one leading things now?'' But to Mya''s astonishment, once Kayden stepped out of the boat andnded on the ground, a ground which she failed to see due to the darkness, tiny lights like fireflies started to fly over the air, lighting up the whole ce.


    Mya held her breath at the astonishing and breathtaking scenery in front of her. She could almost hear the song, ''I see the light.'' ying at the back of her mind.


    "What are you waiting for? Let''s go." Kayden lent his hand to Mya. And Mya, who almost felt her jaw drop, just epted Kayden''s hand until she reached the ground.


    "Give this to the guard." Mya''s thoughts were cut off when the ferryman spoke up once again. In his hands, there were two silver cards which Mya epted without hesitation.


    "This ends my job. I wish you goodwill, chosen champions of the ancient gods." The ferryman said with a tonic voice, making it hard to know whether he said that out with sincerity. Then he started rowing the boat back to where he came from.


    Mya nced at the two cards in her hands. The card has a single symbol on it, a ck moon. ''Hmm wait, this symbol looks kinda familiar?'' Mya from her bag picked out the stone that she picked before she chased after theughing monster. The stone has the white moon symbol.


    ''The west tribe?'' Her gaze shifted to the card with the ck moon. ''Should it be a white moon, what tribe belongs to a ck moon?''


    With the light that came from the floating light, Mya could see that there was only one road and one direction they could end up.


    She walked ahead of Kayden without saying anything and Kayden also just trailed behind her without saying anything. Strangely when Mya thought that the heavy and awkward silence wouldst for long, since she was alsopletely unaware of how long they were going to walk, they finally saw massive iron walls? just almost a twenty-minute walk from the river.


    And it was a lot brighter now for there were trees that had glowing leaves surrounding these walls. Mya and Kayden stopped when they saw the unexpected scenery.


    There was a question mark in the iron walls because, in Mya''s stay in this world, this was her first time to see such things. Mostly all the walls they had were made of thick and concrete bricks. And the road they were currently standing on ended up to a huge massive iron door with two guards wearing ck armors just like back to what Mya saw in the lost city at that misty ind.


    Then in the massive iron door, there were other roads connecting to it and there were different types of people, mostly with beastly appearance lining up. Like they some have ears and tails while some have different colored bodies. The two guards were checking the same thing as the ones that the ferryman gave them. She nced towards it. ''So I think this is what their gate pass looks like.'' Mya thought as she continued to observe the scene first.


    ''If we go there, we will be fine, right?'' Mya pondered as her eyes observed the beings lining to enter the city. She could spot a few human-looking beings as well. ''I guess it will be safe as soon as we enter there.''


    "Here, have this. I think this is important because as far as I can see this is some gate pass to enter that city." Mya said as she reached the other silver card to Kayden.


    "I see. Thanks for this" Kayden received the card and didn''t say anything after that. He marched ahead in front of Mya to enter the city. And this time, Mya just shrugged her shoulders before she followed Kayden.


    When they reached the lines, ''d, nothing is giving us weird or any suspicious stares .'' Mya sighed with relief as she observed her surroundings. ''I should also gather some information while we''re at it.'' In front of her, there was a kind being with violet-colored skin. Probably a female due to her clothes and long ck hair.


    "Hi, may I ask a question?" Mya almost yelped, but d she didn''t, when the being turned towards her. The said being had three eyes and her sharp fangs really showing on her mouth.


    "Hello, it''s a pleasure to offer a service, what do you want to ask?"


    ''It speaks normally and respectfully too.'' Mya just stared stupefied at the said creature.'' I think there is nothing to worry about so far.''


    Seeing that Mya was in a daze looking at her, the said creature just smiled at her, highlighting all her fangs. She looked like she was going to eat Mya if she didn''t say anything.


    "Those clothes, are you one of the scouts?"


    Mya realized her blunder and although she didn''t know what the strange being was speaking, she answered. "Yes," Mya said, telling herself well to sound natural.


    "I see. It must be tough this day scouting the aboveground. I heard many things are happening right there now."


    "Yes, there are indeed many things happening there right now," Mya answered, trying to make this small talk as natural as possible.


    "So what are you going to ask, Miss Scout?"


    "Ah about that, can you tell me more about the city?" Mya said, asking casually.


    "You don''t know this city?" The violet being said was a bit surprising. "Ah you must be one of the newly recruited scouts from above, that is why you are still unfamiliar with these things."


    "You can say something like that.. Hehe.." Mya said, sounding that she was in a bind, and chuckled lightly.


    "Let''s see, where shall I start?" the violet creature pondered for a bit. "Hmm. Well, this city is simply called the Dark Moon City and the ce where the highest priest of the god Bradimyll, stayed here."


    "Highest priest?"


    "You don''t even know that? Hmm. You sound pretty innocent about this city, huh. Okay, listen carefully he just appeared out of nowhere and then started developing this ce. You see, this ce is just a destend and viges of monsters not until he appeared and united everyone."


    "This ce? Is this different from the Sun Ind?" Mya said which made her earn a gaze from a few bystanders.


    "You should not speak that ce here." The violet being, covered Mya''s mouth. "You really are new here. The Sun Ind is where all of us lost our humanity, got abandoned and tormented before this ce was created. And to answer your question, this is not the sun ind but something that is within the Sun Ind. This ce is simply called the Abyss. And if not for our king, the highest priest, we will still live our lives aimlessly. I don''t know what you do to end up here, I''m L since you''re new here, It''s a pleasure for me to guide you towards the city."


    "Next in line please!" Both Mya and L turned when the guards called out.


    "It''s my turn now, I''ll wait for you." Then she turned behind Mya. "And to yourpanion who was ring at me since you talked to me inside the city. See you there, um..."


    "Oh thank you for your kindness, L. By the way, my name is Mya and that is Kayden." Mya said, introducing both of themselves.


    "Alright, see you inside the city, Mya, and Kayden," L said as she went now to the guards. She showed them her silver card then let them enter the small gate for travelers like her.


    When Mya thought that she would be called next, it didn''t happen right now. It already took more than five minutes and she was still not called. ''I see, no wonder, L said that she will be waiting for us on the next side. It seems entering the city is not simply just showing your card.''


    Then finally she was now being called by the guard.